- Topic of the practice - City of Perugia has been working on mobility issues since 70s years taking in consideration its particular historical and touristic vocation. They created a suburban parking system with connections to the city centre. During last years the connection between parking areas and the city centre was implemented thanks the Minimetro system.
- Location of the practice - Perugia/ Italy
- Start date of the practice- 1998
- Description of the practice- Minimetro is an environmental and innovative transport system which connects in 12 minutes the parking areas “the Valley of Pian di Massiano”, to the city centre. The parking area capacity is about 2800 cars. This transport system (considered as a strong urban public transport corridor) has provided an opportunity to implement a tourist flows management, and the Minimetro is now considered as the principal access mode to the city centre in Perugia. Concerning the mobility management the City of Perugia set up, some years ago, a Central Monitoring System developing and monitoring the road network.
- Evidence of success - All the actions from Perugia are potentially transferable to other cities, obstacles are the lack of financial sources and the citizens consensus.
- Contact details to obtain further information - Arch. Leonardo Naldini – Municipality of Perugia,
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